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WATER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the e 0 'day of • k_., 2016, by and
between the City of New Brighton, Minnesota ( "New Brighton" ) and the City of Columbia
Heights ( "Columbia Heights "), both Minnesota municipal corporations.
WHEREAS, New Brighton and Columbia Heights each own and operate a municipal
water utility providing water service to its citizens; and
WHEREAS, in the past, New Brighton has connected its system to the Columbia
Heights system and purchased water from Columbia Heights for citizens in part of New
Brighton, which connection has been removed; and
WHEREAS, the City of New Brighton will be completing construction of a new
Distribution Control Station located at 3001 — 5th Street NW as part of Improvement Project 16 -4
during 2016, during which time New Brighton will not be able to provide municipal water
service with the desired water pressure to its customers in the area depicted on Exhibit A, which
is hereby made a part of this Agreement (the "Temporary Service Area "); and
WHEREAS, New Brighton wishes to reconnect its system to the Columbia Heights
system and purchase water from Columbia Heights for New Brighton customers during the time
the New Brighton water tower is out of service; and
WHEREAS, Columbia Heights is willing to allow such service connection and provide
water to New Brighton on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, on the basis of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter
set forth, the parties agree as follows:
New Brighton will construct a connection from its water system to the Columbia Heights
water system at the point of the previously existing interconnection, which is generally
shown on the schematic drawing attached as Exhibit B and made a part of this Agreement
(the "Connection Project "). Work shall be done by New Brighton, at the expense of New
Brighton, and in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the City Engineer
of Columbia Heights. New Brighton will own, operate, maintain and assume all
responsibility for the Connection Project,
2. The Connection Project will be constructed at a time agreed to by the New Brighton and
Columbia Heights City Engineers during 2016. After constructing the Connection
Project and upon approval by the City Engineer of Columbia Heights, New Brighton will
open the valve connecting the two systems and Columbia Heights will provide water to
New Brighton for sale by New Brighton to its customers in the Temporary Service Area.
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3. Water supplied by Columbia Heights shall be of the same quality and provided in
accordance with the same standards as to pressure and volume as is available to
customers of Columbia Heights water system.
4. New Brighton assumes all risk and responsibility for claims or damages made by New
Brighton customers arising out of, or related to, provision of water by Columbia Heights
to New Brighton in accordance with the terms and standards of this Agreement. Each of
the parties agrees to indemnify the other, its officers, agents, and employees, for claims
arising out of its conduct or resulting from breach of this Agreement. Nothing herein
shall be deemed a waiver by either party of the limitations on liability set forth in
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 466.
Neither the citizens of New Brighton, nor any other person, are made third party
beneficiaries of this Agreement.
6. It is anticipated that the period of time New Brighton will purchase water from Columbia
Heights under this Agreement will not exceed eight weeks, and New Brighton will use an
average volume of water of less than 100,000 gallons per day. New Brighton will pay
Columbia Heights the sum of Three Hundred Fifty -Three Dollars ($379.00) per day for
each day, or partial day, that it receives water from Columbia Heights pursuant to this
Agreement. Columbia Heights will invoice New Brighton for such amounts no more
often than monthly. New Brighton will pay such invoices within thirty (30) days of
receipt.
If the Columbia Heights City Engineer believes that New Brighton is using more than an
average of 100,000 gallons of water per day, the New Brighton Engineer and the
Columbia Heights Engineer will meet and attempt to agree on a method of determining
the actual water use to an acceptable degree of accuracy. If the Engineers are unable to
agree on such a method, the parties will select and share equally the cost of an
engineering consultant to design such a method. Such a method could be, for example,
use of actual meter readings of a randomly selected group of representative New
Brighton customers. The results of the application of the method selected shall be used to
adjust the daily charge specified in paragraph 6, either up or down, pro rata, based on the
average number of gallons of daily use that is more or less than 100,000 gallons per day.
The adjustment, either up or down, shall be applied to the total number of days or partial
days that New Brighton receives water under this Agreement.
8. Following completion of work on the New Brighton water tower and placing the water
tower back in service, New Brighton will remove the Connection Project at New
Brighton's expense upon request by Columbia Heights.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto by their authorized representatives hereunto
set their hands as of the day and date first above written.
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And
CITY OF C( LUMBIA HF,IGWrS
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Its Mayor
And by:
Its Manager
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